Prelim Task

The prelim task was different this year because I had to change the location so I wasn't allowed to film in school which made it a challenge. I had to think of where to film my prelim task so the location for the prelim task was a car which is very different to the genre because soap operas are usually filmed in houses or central meeting points for example in Eastenders  theres the queen vic where everyone meets, the location I picked is different because I wanted to experiment and see if this location would work. I also planned the costumes I was going to use because I had to make the characters look casual by wearing jeans and hoodies and t shirts. I have done my research by watching soap operas such as Eastenders which helped me create a list of soap opera conventions and therefore I used some of theses conventions for my prelim task. This is similar to last year because for my thriller opening scene because I researched Thriller films openings and again I made a list of conventions however the conventions that I identified weren't used for the thriller opening for example I identified some conventions for the sound of a thriller however the conventions weren't applied to the soundtrack we chose and it made the thriller look like a TV drama. 

This year I used different web tools to make my blog look more attractive and more interactive, the website that I used was Picmonkey.com, this website allowed me to edit pictures and add special effects to them, I done this because I wanted people that go on my blog to actually look at the pictures that I have uploaded because normally people would just scroll down and have a quick glimpse also I wanted this years blog to be different from last years and I am planning on using other creative websites such as  Glogster.com. For the prelim task I didn't incorporate much conventions of soap opera because I chose a different location to a soap opera, the location I chose was a car this is unconventional for a soap opera. Even though the location was unconventional the storyline was, the storyline was about a character who had a wild night at a club and had sex with girl whom later  him saying she is pregnant.

This year I have been using resources to help me complete my posts first time and without having any breaks to do some research and completing the posts later on, the resources have helped me complete  tasks quicker which means I meet deadlines set by the teacher for a blog post to be made. Another change this year is that I ask for the teacher to give me feedback on every post I make so that I make   changes and improve the work whereas last year I didn't meet deadlines and parts of my work were rushed also some tasks weren't complete so I didn't get the marks that I should've got.

In my work for As my prelim task wasn't as good as this years because I didn't do my research and planning.